Joe Morton

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 142

Gender Male

Birthday October 18, 1947 (77 years old)

Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Joseph Thomas Morton, Jr.
Joseph Thomas Morton
Joseph Morton

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Joe Morton

Biography

Joe Morton is an American stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for his Emmy awarded role as Eli Pope in the television series Scandal, and for playing Reverend Arthur Finer on God Friended Me. Morton studied Drama at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York.

Known For

Acting

—		NOVA: Addiction
—		War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator as Narrator

2023

as Monsignor Heck

2022		The U.S. and the Holocaust (3 episodes) as (voice)
2022		Sherri (1 episode) as Self - Guest
2022		Inside the Black Box (20 episodes)

2021		Our Kind of People (12 episodes) as Teddy Franklin
2021		Hemingway (1 episode) as Ralph Ellison (voice)
2021		Zack Snyder's Justice League as Silas Stone

2020		Between the World and Me as Self
2020		Mr. Tornado as Narrator (voice)
2020		Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi as Self

2019		A Million Eyes as Fern
2019		The Politician (4 episodes) as Marcus Standish
2019		Tamron Hall (1 episode) as Self - Guest
2019		Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Dr. Houston Brooks

2018

(42 episodes) as Arthur Finer

2017		T2: Reprogramming The Terminator as Self
2017		Justice League as Silas Stone

2016		Brett Gelman's Dinner in America as Himself
2016		All the Way as Roy Wilkins
2016		Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Silas

2015		Proof (10 episodes) as Dr. Charles Russell
2015		Grace and Frankie (2 episodes) as Jason
2015		Cleveland Abduction as Agent Solano

2013

as Donald Hall

2012		Coma (2 episodes) as Nelson
2012		Scandal (88 episodes) as Eli 'Rowan' Pope

2010

as Self

2009		White Collar (1 episode) as Kyle Bancroft
2009		The Good Wife (11 episodes) as Daniel Golden
2009		Warehouse 13 (1 episode) as Reverend John Hill
2009		The Line as Hodges

2008		Grand Central as Narrator
2008		Lifelines as Dr. Livingston

2007		Badland as Max Astin
2007		American Gangster as Charlie Williams

2006		Brothers and Sisters (2 episodes) as Peter Madsen
2006		Eureka (77 episodes) as Henry Deacon
2006		The Night Listener as Ashe
2006		The Nuremberg Trials as Narrator (voice)

2005		E-Ring (22 episodes) as Steven Algazi
2005		Lenny The Wonder Dog as Dr. Island
2005		Stealth as Dick Marshfield
2005		Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
2005		Back in the Day as Reverend Packer
2005		Building the Alaska Highway as Narrator (voice)
2005		Numb3rs (1 episode)
2005		Gone But Not Forgotten as Reggie Stewart

2004		House (1 episode) as Gary Wright
2004		Boston Legal (1 episode) as Attorney Steve Duprey
2004		CSI: NY (2 episodes) as Dwight Hillborne
2004		Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson as Other Voices (voice)
2004		The Jury (1 episode)

2003		Paycheck as Agent Dodge
2003		Whoopi (1 episode) as Martin James
2003		Jasper, Texas as Walter Diggles
2003		Thoughtcrimes as Jon Harper

2002

as Hugh Campbell

2001		Ali as Chauncey Eskridge
2001		Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar as Narrator
2001		Smallville (4 episodes) as Steven Hamilton
2001		Africa (8 episodes) as Narrator
2001		Beyond Human as Narrator

2000		Bounce as Jim Willer
2000		Ali: An American Hero as Malcom X
2000		What Lies Beneath as Dr. Drayton

1999		Y2K as Martin Lowell
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Ray Bevins
1999		The Astronaut's Wife as Sherman Reese
1999		The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords as Self - Narrator

1998		Apt Pupil as Dan Richler
1998		Mercy Point (8 episodes) as Dr. Grote Maxwell
1998		Blues Brothers 2000 as Cab Chamberlain

1997		Trouble on the Corner as Detective Bill
1997		Dellaventura (1 episode) as Councilman Caulder
1997		Speed 2: Cruise Control as Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited)
1997		Prince Street (6 episodes)
1997		The Practice (1 episode)
1997		Miss Evers' Boys as Dr. Sam Brodus
1997		The Pest as Mr. Kent

1996		Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance as Gordon Thomas
1996		Lone Star as Del
1996		Executive Decision as Cappy

1995		New York News (13 episodes) as Mitch Cotter
1995		Under One Roof (6 episodes) as Ron Langston
1995		The Walking Dead as Sgt. Barkley
1995		In the Shadow of Evil as Lt. Royce
1995		American Cinema as Narrator

1994		Touched by an Angel (1 episode) as Martin Hunter (1 episode) as Jake Stone
1994		New York Undercover (1 episode)
1994		Speed as Capt. McMahon
1994		The Inkwell as Kenny Tate
1994		Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance as Narrator

1993		The Great Depression (7 episodes) as Self - Narrator (voice)
1993		The X-Files (1 episode) as Martin Wells
1993		TriBeCa (7 episodes)
1993		Homicide: Life on the Street (2 episodes) as Sam Thorne
1993		T2: More Than Meets the Eye as Self
1993		The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's as Narrator

1992		Forever Young as Cameron
1992		Of Mice and Men as Crooks
1992		Legacy of Lies as Samuel Flowers

1991		City of Hope as Winn
1991		Terminator 2: Judgment Day as Miles Dyson
1991		The Good Policeman as Sweets Montgomery

1990		Law & Order (1 episode) as Roland Books (4 episodes) as Defense Attorney Leon Chiles
1990		The Lost Platoon as World War II soldier
1990		Equal Justice (27 episodes) as Mike James
1990		Challenger as Dr. Ronald McNair

1989		Making a Case for Murder as Cederic Sandiford
1989		Tap as Nicky

1988		Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami as Tandy
1988		Police Story: Burnout as Sgt. Jeff Allen
1988		The Good Mother as Frank Williams
1988		American Experience (8 episodes) as Narrator (voice)
1988		Zelly & Me as Earl
1988		Alone in the Neon Jungle as Ken Fraker

1987		Stranded as Sheriff McMahon
1987		A Different World (7 episodes) as Byron Douglas III

1986

as Scratch's Assistant

1985		Trouble in Mind as Solo
1985		The Equalizer (3 episodes) as Carter Brock (1 episode) as Slate

1984		Miami Vice (1 episode) as Lt. Jack Davis
1984		The Brother from Another Planet as The Brother
1984		A Good Sport as Lionel Zachary

1983

as Charlie

1982		The Clairvoyant as Detective Rich
1982		Nature (1 episode) as Narrator (voice)

1981

as Elgin Jones

1980

as William Terry

1979		...And Justice for All as Prison Doctor
1979		Lawman Without a Gun as Louis

1978

(1 episode) as Mr. Raymond Geeter

1977

as Ahmed

1976

(1 episode)

1975

(10 episodes) as Hal Marshall

1974

(1 episode) as Additional Narration (2 episodes) as Narrator

1972		MAS*H (1 episode) as Captain Saunders
1972		Sanford and Son (1 episode)

1966

(1 episode) as Clerk

Directing

2018

(3 episodes) … Director

2016

(1 episode) … Director

2012

(1 episode) … Director

2006

(3 episodes) … Director

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